Claim
Lashkar-e-Taiba is the organisation that carried out the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed after being asked their religion.
“लश्कर तैबा वही संगठन है जिसने पहलगाम आतंकी हमले को अंजाम दिया। जहां धर्म पूछकर 26 लोगों को मारा गया।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The 22 April 2025 Pahalgam attack killed 26 people, and multiple survivor accounts reported that attackers asked victims their religion (or to recite the Islamic kalima) before shooting, matching the claim's second element. Responsibility was claimed (then retracted) by The Resistance Front, which Indian investigators (NIA), the Indian government, and the US State Department all identify as a front/proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba; the attackers were identified as LeT operatives. Attributing the attack directly to LeT is consistent with the official Indian and US position as of the broadcast date, so the claim is substantially accurate, with the minor nuance that the immediate claimant was LeT's proxy TRF and Pakistan disputes the attribution.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Pahalgam_attack Documents the 22 April 2025 Pahalgam attack in which 26 civilians were killed; survivor accounts reported militants singled out victims by religion (asking names/religion, demanding recitation of the kalima) before shooting; The Resistance Front (TRF), an LeT proxy, initially claimed responsibility. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/terrorist-designation-of-the-resistance-front/ US State Department (17 July 2025) designated TRF as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, describing it as a front and proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba and holding it responsible for the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resistance_Front TRF is documented as an offshoot/proxy created by Lashkar-e-Taiba in 2019-2020; it claimed and later retracted responsibility for the Pahalgam attack. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://ddnews.gov.in/en/the-united-states-has-designated-the-resistance-front-trf-an-offshoot-of-the-pakistan-based-terrorist-group-lashkar-e-taiba-let-as-a-foreign-terrorist-organisation-fto-and-specially-designated/ Indian government outlet confirming TRF, the outfit behind the Pahalgam attack, is an LeT offshoot; India welcomed the US designation. ✓ reachable · archived